Religious Cases of Conscience: Answered in an Evangelical Manner, at the Casuistical Lecture, in Little St. Helen's, Bishopgate-Street |
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... everlasting advantage . Remember the case of Ruth the Moabitess , how the strong affection that she , though bred up in idolatry , had for her mother - in - law Naomi , induced her to come into the land of Israel with her mother : and ...
... everlasting advantage . Remember the case of Ruth the Moabitess , how the strong affection that she , though bred up in idolatry , had for her mother - in - law Naomi , induced her to come into the land of Israel with her mother : and ...
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... everlasting love to our souls ; therefore we need not be so much in duty , but may indulge a little liberty , and enjoy a few of the pleasures and comforts of the present life , and all this , consistent with our hopes of a better ...
... everlasting love to our souls ; therefore we need not be so much in duty , but may indulge a little liberty , and enjoy a few of the pleasures and comforts of the present life , and all this , consistent with our hopes of a better ...
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... everlasting love ? And , oh ! wilt thou leave me to wither and languish , to grow cold and formal ? wilt thou not come and kindle this sacred spark afresh , and carry on thy work with an almighty efficacy ? I acknowledge , Lord , I am ...
... everlasting love ? And , oh ! wilt thou leave me to wither and languish , to grow cold and formal ? wilt thou not come and kindle this sacred spark afresh , and carry on thy work with an almighty efficacy ? I acknowledge , Lord , I am ...
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... everlasting kindness ; I will beseech thee by the tender compassions of the Son of God , who gave himself for thee : I will press upon thee the infinite love of the Spirit , who said unto thee , live , I will not leave , till I find ...
... everlasting kindness ; I will beseech thee by the tender compassions of the Son of God , who gave himself for thee : I will press upon thee the infinite love of the Spirit , who said unto thee , live , I will not leave , till I find ...
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... everlasting covenant ; this would be my case . I think if I am more lifeless at one time than an- other , it is at the Lord's Supper , so that I sometimes think I should sin less in neglecting , than in attending in such an un- becoming ...
... everlasting covenant ; this would be my case . I think if I am more lifeless at one time than an- other , it is at the Lord's Supper , so that I sometimes think I should sin less in neglecting , than in attending in such an un- becoming ...
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Page 365 - Christ; according as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love ; having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will, to the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in the Beloved...
Page 147 - O wretched man that I am ! who shall deliver me from the body of this death ? I thank God, through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Page 323 - And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.
Page 189 - Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not high-minded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy ; that they do good, that they be rich in good works, ready to distribute, willing to communicate, laying up in store for themselves a good foundation against the time to come, that they may lay hold on eternal life.
Page 66 - For the iniquity of his covetousness was I wroth, and smote him: I hid me, and was wroth, and he went on frowardly in the way of his heart.
Page 351 - Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness?
Page 325 - Pour out thy fury upon the heathen that know thee not, and upon the families that call not on thy name ; for they have eaten up Jacob, and devoured him, and consumed him, and have made his habitation desolate.
Page 167 - Create in me a clean heart, O God ; and renew a right spirit within me. Cast me not away from thy presence ; and take not thy holy spirit from me. Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation ; and uphold me with thy free spirit.
Page 55 - Rejoice not against me, O mine enemy: when I fall, I shall arise; when I sit in darkness, the Lord shall be a light unto me.
Page 167 - Behold, I go forward, but he is not there ; and backward, but I cannot perceive him : on the left hand, where he doth work, but I cannot behold him : he hideth himself on the right hand, that I cannot see him : but he knoweth the way that I take : when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.